Tires: Bridgestone Dueler Alenza vs. Michelin LTX for Highlander

What about Goodyear triple tred?

Have you tried them? Has anyone put them on a Highlander?

BC tired

I took the Duelers that came on my 02 Highlander off at just under 20k miles - I replaced them with Michelin Cross-Terrains - am at about 62.5k miles and am going thru this winter with them too. Yes, I lived in California (Redding) but do drive to Reno, coast and Mt Shasta fairly frequently in the snow. They do fine and quietly, to me at least.

Second the Cross-Terrain over the LTX. LTX was designed for more of a SUV-truck tire --- which the Highlander isn't. The LTX A?S is only good in snow and ice -- the Cross Terrain is rated excellent.

I am a life-long New Englander and haven't had studded tires (or even snow tires) yet. We can get a lot of snow, but often we get very little over a winter, so I have been comfortable with an all-season tire.

The Cross-Terrain is a tire I'll look into. Thanks for the advice.

BC

I thought the CT was also a truck-SUV tire. Is it not? Is it a passenger car tire?

BC

The cross-terrains seem to handle very well to me in slushy conditions. Usually the roads I drive seldom have over 4 or 5" before they plow again but sometimes its 40 miles of it. I got mine at Costco by the way. ron

I have a set on a RAV-4 with 10-11K on them. Handling and noise comparable compared to OE Toyos- no sign of wear yet. I do believe that I lost a couple of mpg with the changeover. I might need to check more closely to swear to that. I live in a snow belt area. By the way, the C/T's, while good, don't stand out vs. the OE Toyo's. One difference - Toyo's were 215 vs. C/T's

Even up here in Edmonton, Canada, the TIRE INDUSTRY tries like hell to get everyone to buy winter tires. Hell, unless you HAVE to do a lot of winter driving way out in the boonies, you do NOT, repeat NOT, need winter tires in Alberta's urban areas.

How are those tires on DRY roads, during tight, fast cornering? Any sense that the sidewalls are floppy?

If you do buy the Michelins, Bridgestone makes the Firestone tires that are known to fall apart.

mike

So Michelin also makes BFG --- and its owned by an anti-US French company! If Ford hadn't undersized the Exploder's tires doubt they'd ever have had the big problem. Arg - now we are all forced to buy cars with tire pressure monitors whether we want it or not!